The co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance and character . takes up in the Union. The business of the Union is directed by the generalmeetiug of the Board, by the Control Committee, by tliel)ranch managers of the Union, and by the divisionalmeetings of artel representatives. The butter artels usually have a co-operative shop(consumeis society), and as the members of the shop andof the artel are the same, these two forms of co-operationare represented by the same organisation. Members of artels are obliged to deliver their milkexclusively to the artel; and equally members of
The co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance and character . takes up in the Union. The business of the Union is directed by the generalmeetiug of the Board, by the Control Committee, by tliel)ranch managers of the Union, and by the divisionalmeetings of artel representatives. The butter artels usually have a co-operative shop(consumeis society), and as the members of the shop andof the artel are the same, these two forms of co-operationare represented by the same organisation. Members of artels are obliged to deliver their milkexclusively to the artel; and equally members of con-sumers societies are obliged to trade exclusively with theshop of their society. In extraordinary cases an exceptionis made from this rule. CO-OJ^ERATION IN RUSSIA. 83 The net profit from the co-operative shop is dividedamong the members in proportion to their trading, and thenet profit derived from the working of the artel is dividedin proportion to the milk supplied by members. The co-operative shop allows members credit against themilk supplied by them to the iNSiiJi; A Ci<i:AMb:itv in Sibkjua. AI tlie present moment the capital of the CentralIJranch of the Union of Siberian Creamery Associationsexceeds Rs. 500,000, and the capital of the Associationsover Rs. The lunnber of affiliated artels is over1,000; the number of co-operative shops attached to theartels is 800. 84 CO-OPEKATION IN IlKSSlV. The following figures will give an ide;itjrowth of the Siberian Union : — )f tlio y^^iib Years. No. ofCreameries. No. ofShoiJs. Roubles. Pounds(about). 651C8181218328563563902lOOO 1220•3i51 133502602682about 800 2,380,000 2,934,000 4,355,000 4,5O0,OCO 7,485,000 14,086,000 21,000,000 35,000,000 73,000,000 £238,000 293,400 435,500 450,000 748,500 1,406,600 2,100,000 3,500,000 7,-iC0,C00 During 1916 the turnover reached 10,000,000 roubles(ajDproximately £1,000,000) in connection with the supplyof the Army with
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